You came across the words, plod, trudge, stagger in the story. These words indicate movement accompanied by weariness. Find five other such words with a similar meaning.

The story also focuses on human loneliness and the need to bond with others.

Have you known/heard of an episode where a good deed or an act of kindness has changed a person’s view of the world?

The story is both entertaining and philosophical.

The man selling rattraps is referred to by many terms such as” peddler, stranger” etc. Pick out all such references to him. What does each of these labels indicate the context or the attitude of the people around him?